NoEdge wrote:At this rate, I think there might be about 30 more panels if the new castle is about the size of this one.

Deadcode predicted that the glimpse of the future would arrive at 71:30, but it actually arrived at 71:00. That makes the rate of acceleration of zooming (not panning, right? zooming?) somewhat more than Deadcode's predictions. Does that change your estimate, or is it too rough an estimate for that to make a difference? I guess that in any case it is a big assumption that the yet to be seen portion of the castle is the same size as what we have seen already. They have been off-screen possibly building for quite a while now.

It's Megan! So the second castle does seem to be bigger than the first.

All hail divine Lord RandallAuthor of the One True ComicIllustrator of SandcastlesKeeper of the NewpixCreator of TimeWe have seen the CastlesWe reject the OutsideWe watch TimeWe do not restWe Wait For It

ChronosDragon wrote:The One True Comic is absolute, it is usually reality that is inaccurate.

Maybe this new image will quell the religious talk for a while? I'm hoping so. I've started missing the hopeful speculation.Also, damn the fact that there's a major development right before I decide to go to sleep.

Keeper Of The Bags, Protector Of PunsA Timewaiter from the very beginning to the bitter end.11but not from beginning to end to beginning since I'm not a loopist

Goggalor wrote:Maybe this new image will quell the religious talk for a while? I'm hoping so. I've started missing the hopeful speculation.Also, damn the fact that there's a major development right before I decide to go to sleep.

I've decided that Randall hates sleep and doesn't want any of us to get any.

TheMulattoMaker wrote:Wow...

...when I stumbled out of bed this morning, I had no idea I'd accidently a meme, let alone inadvertently a religion.

Goggalor wrote:Maybe this new image will quell the religious talk for a while? I'm hoping so. I've started missing the hopeful speculation.Also, damn the fact that there's a major development right before I decide to go to sleep.

I've decided that Randall hates sleep and doesn't want any of us to get any.

indeed, it is 4.40 AM here

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands. –Douglas Adams

Goggalor wrote:Maybe this new image will quell the religious talk for a while? I'm hoping so. I've started missing the hopeful speculation.Also, damn the fact that there's a major development right before I decide to go to sleep.

I've decided that Randall hates sleep and doesn't want any of us to get any.

indeed, it is 4.40 AM here

New conspiracy: this entire thing arose after a handful of major stimulant manufacturers paid off Randall to keep as many people awake as possible.

NoEdge wrote:Outside? Is that like Mesopotamia? Isn't Mesopotamia gone? Has Outside been destroyed without our noticing?!Oh well. At least we still have our sandcastle.

NoEdge wrote:Maybe it's fire. The world is burning. It's dark behind me. Maybe the fires have been put out. Maybe it's all gone.

I find myself even more intrigued with the development of the newpix. What could be coming? Who will show up? What will the next castle bring? Should we declare pages 63-66 the "dark newpix" and make the sleepers study it like a history class?

Or we could just stay on topic. That's good too.

Helper wrote:There is a large silicate-based piece of translucent material behind me that supposedly allows one to view the Outside, although I have never cared to look through it.

I have just created an Urban Dictionary definition for newpix. I have no clue about the review process, so there may be a thousand other definition attempts in the queue as well. All Hail Randall, Lord of Time.

After much programming, I've determined that of the 2MB list of words found in all unix systems, the hashes for the filenames directly correlate to none. The only possibility left is that the hashes might be salted, and I don't know how to crack that.

manvandmaan wrote:If we're going to do the 915 thing, I suggest we go all the way and group certain frames into periods.I suggest the following split:

000 - 009 : the debut or what? period: when nobody really knew what was going on010 - 023 : the dark period: the darkness in the posts of the thread reached heights during these frames024 - 044 : the sandcastle period: as the sandcastle started to appear, most of the darkness made disappeared.045 - 074 : the period (second dark period): Initially, this was the 'female period' but I soon realised that would be a pleonasm. Also it was a pretty dark time on the thread.075 - 087 : the happiness period: the couple is reunited and again the darkness fades.088 - 105 : the male period: with a climax at frame 103: "the fall of man" frame105 - 124 : the rebuild period (second sandcastle period). 125 - 136 : Age of the Slow Pixel137 - NOW : The Great Expansion: Still in progress! How exciting!

- Gender Neutral Pronouns- The fact that this thread has beat every possible record for the forums- Does Y'all refer to a group or one person etc...- What is outside? Is that like Mesopotamia?

What is a newpix?

Spoiler:

A Newpix is defined as one 30 minute period. AKA the time between the release of each new imageNewpic is also accepted as a singular version.

Did you guys see the Javascript?? (the answer is yes)

Spoiler:

As it was mentioned wayyy back in the first 5 pages of this thread, the javascript is on its 7th revision and is there to do two things: Load a new image and refresh the image so that you dont have to mash F5 and crash his server when a new picture loads.

Speculated meanings behind this comic

Spoiler:

- THEY ARE HAVING A BABY- Randall died- Increase Forum Activity- To make the most posted forum topic something other than a massive flame war- Publicity stunt- Targeted Advertising- Its just a freaking sandcastle... don't read into it...- April Fools Leadup- Taking a vacation and wanted something to keep our attention